神木

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神木

1. sacred tree

神木

1. (～市, formerly ～縣) Shenmu (a county-level city and former county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China)

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神木

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Possibly from Middle Chinese 神木 (MC zyin muwk, literally “god + tree”). Compare modern Min Nan reading sîn-bo̍k. The Japanese term uses the kan'on, suggesting a later borrowing.

Alternatively, may have been coined in Japan as a compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as 神 (shin, “god, spirit”) + 木 (boku, “tree”).

• (Tokyo) しんぼく (Heiban – )^[1]
• (Tokyo) しんぼく (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

神(しん)木(ぼく) • (shinboku) 

1. a sacred or holy tree

• (honorific) 御神木(ごしんぼく) (goshinboku), ご神木(しんぼく) (goshinboku)
• 神樹(しんじゅ) (shinju)
• 霊木(れいぼく) (reiboku)

/kamuki/ → /kaɴki/

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 神 (kamu, “god, spirit”, ancient combining reading) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”).^[2] Appears with the older kamuki phonetic rendering in the Man'yōshū poetry compilation completed in 759 CE.

• IPA^(key):

神(かん)木(き) • (kanki) 

1. (obsolete) (see shinboku above)

Superseded by the shinboku reading above.

Alternative spelling of 榊 (sakaki) as jukujikun (熟字訓), likely based on a partial decomposition of the 榊 character into its 神 and 木 components.

• (Tokyo) さかき (Heiban – )^[1]
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神(さか)木(き) • (sakaki) 

1. (rare) a sakaki tree (Cleyera japonica)